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Palliative nursing care in Spain
Author(s) -
ZABALEGUI A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2354.2001.00289.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nursing , palliative care , multidisciplinary approach , nurse education , team nursing , curriculum , primary nursing , family medicine , psychology , social science , pedagogy , sociology
This paper describes the practice of palliative nursing care in Spain. The management of palliative hospital and home care is presented. Nursing roles in the multidimentional aspects (physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual) of patient and family care are provided. Nursing participation in informing and counselling patients is evaluated, together with nursing cooperation in multidisciplinary work. Finally, this paper states the current lack of nursing education in palliative care and the recommendations for integrating palliative care into the nursing curriculum.